Blancpain Sprint Series 2015

The Blancpain Sprint Series 2015 is the third season of the Blancpain Sprint Series for GT cars in the GT3 group .

The series is also part of the Blancpain GT Series, which is a joint classification of the Blancpain Sprint Series and the Blancpain Endurance Series .

Starting field

team	vehicle	No.	driver	class	Racing weekends
BMW Sports Trophy Team Brasil	BMW Z4 GT3	0	Ricardo Sperafico	-	1
			Rodrigo Sperafico		1
			Cacá Bueno		2
			Sérgio Jimenez		2
		77	Maxime Martin	-	1
			Dirk Mueller		1
			Átila Abreu		2
			Valdeno Brito Filho		2
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS ultra	1	Robin Frijns	-	1-2
			Laurens Vanthoor		1-2
		2	Christopher Mies	-	1-2
			Enzo Ide		1-2
		3	Stéphane Richelmi	-	1-2
			Stéphane Ortelli		1-2
		4th	James Nash	-	1-2
			Frank Stippler		1-2
Phoenix Racing	Audi R8 LMS ultra	6th	Niki Mayr-Melnhof	-	1-2
			Markus Winkelhock		1-2
Attempto Racing	McLaren 650S GT3	54	Philipp Wlazik	Pro-Am Cup	1-2
			Yoshiharu Mori		1
			Fabien Thuner		2
		55	Rob Bell	-	1-2
			Kévin Estre		1-2
GT Russian team	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	70	Bernd Schneider	Pro-Am Cup	1-2
			Alexei Karachev		1-2
		71	Alexei Wassiljew	Pro-Am Cup	1-2
			Christophe Bouchut		1
			Marko Asmer		2
MRS GT Racing	Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3	73	Sean Walkinshaw	-	1-2
			Craig Dolby		1-2
ISR Racing	Audi R8 LMS ultra	74	Fjordbach is different	Silver Cup	1-2
			Thomas Fjordbach		1-2
		75	Marco Bonanomi	-	1-2
			Filip Salaquarda		1-2
Bentley Team HTP	Bentley Continental GT3	83	Olivier Lombard	Silver Cup	1-2
			Jules Szymkowiak		1-2
		84	Vincent Abril	-	1
			Maximilian Buhk		1
Engineering tab	Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 R-EX	88	Albert von Thurn and Taxis	-	1-2
			Nick Catsburg		1-2
Rinaldi Racing	Ferrari 458 Italia	333	Marco Seefried	-	1-2
			Norbert Siedler		1-2
Triple Eight Racing	BMW Z4 GT3	888	Lee Mowle	Pro-Am Cup	2
			Joe Osborne		2
Auto Tech	Porsche 997 GT3 R.	911	Marcel Wagner	Pro-Am Cup	1
			Martin Ragginger		1

Race calendar and results

As in the previous year , the calendar included seven events: First, the races in Orechova Poton and Zandvoort were to be replaced by events in Misano and Moscow . The races in the Russian capital were supposed to be held on a street circuit and not on the Moscow Raceway , but were eventually moved to the permanent race track. The final in Baku was canceled by the Azerbaijani organizers during the season. Circuit Park Zandvoort was named as a replacement .

No.	date	Racetrack
1	April 4-6	Nogaro
2	9-10 May	Brands Hatch
3	June 5-7	Zolder
4th	3-5 July	Moscow
5	September 4-6	Portimão
6th	2-4 October	Misano
7th	9-11 October	Zandvoort

Championship results

Point system

Points are awarded according to the following scheme:

Qualifying race
placement	1	2	3	4th	5	6th
Points	8th	6th	4th	3	2	1

Main race
placement	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
Points	25th	18th	15th	12	10	8th	6th	4th	2	1

Driver ranking

Item driver  FRA  GBR  BEL  RUS  POR  ITA  AZE Points QR MR QR MR QR MR QR MR QR MR QR MR QR MR 01  M.Martin D.Müller   2 1 31 02  S. Richelmi S. Ortelli   1 2 27 03  C. Bad E. Ide   3 3 19th 04th  M. Seefried N. Settlers   4th 5 13 05  V. Abril M. Buhk   8th 4th 12 06th  J. Nash F. Stippler   11 6th 8th 07th  M. Bonanomi F. Salaquarda   6th 7th 7th 08th  N. Mayr-Melnhof M. Winkelhock   DNF 8th 4th 09  B. Schneider A. Karachev   5 11 2 09  A. Wassiljew C. Bouchut   14th 9 2 10  R. Sperafico R. Sperafico   9 10 1 11  A. Fjordbach, T. Fjordbach   7th 12 0 12  R. Bell K. Estre   12 13 0 13  O. Lombard J. Szymkowiak   DNF 14th 0 14th  S. Walkinshaw C. Dolby   DNF 15th 0 15th  M. Wagner, M. Ragginger   10 16 0 16  AvTuT N. Catsburg   DNF 17th 0 17th  P. Wlazik Y. Mori   13 18th 0 Item driver QR MR QR MR QR MR QR MR QR MR QR MR QR MR Points  FRA  GBR  BEL  RUS  POR  ITA  AZE Legend colour abbreviation meaning gold - victory silver - 2nd place bronze - 3rd place green - Placement in the points blue - Classified outside the point ranks violet DNF Race not finished (did not finish) NC not classified red DNQ did not qualify DNPQ failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) black DSQ disqualified White DNS not at the start (did not start) WD withdrawn Light Blue PO only participated in the training (practiced only) TD Friday test driver without DNP did not participate in the training (did not practice) INJ injured or sick EX excluded DNA did not arrive C. Race canceled   no participation in the World Cup other P / bold Pole position SR / italic Fastest race lap * not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered () Streak results underlined Leader in the overall standings

Web links

• Official website of the Blancpain Sprint Series

Individual evidence

1. ↑ | www.blancpain-gt-series.com Registration list. Retrieved April 5, 2015
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Fabian Stein: BWM Team Brasil also in Europe in 2015 , adrivo Sportpresse GmbH. December 1, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2014. 
3. ↑ ^{a b} I.SR Racing turning the page , ISR Racing . 18th November 2014. 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Stuart Codling: Blancpain 2015 calendar includes Moscow street race and prize tweak . In: Autosport , Haymarket , November 2, 2014.